The Uttarakhand Medical Council (UMC) has temporarily suspended the registration of three doctors for unethical practices and for violating the code of ethics of medical professionShivani Azad | TNN | August 05, 2017, 14:03 IST

Around six months back, an accident victim was brought to the nursing home of Dr V K S Sanjay. The patient succumbed to injuries but the death was not informed to the police nor was a post mortem conducted.

On the complaint by relatives of the deceased, the UMC found negligence in treatment on part of Dr Sanjay. During investigation, the nursing home was not able to produce even the treatment chart of the victim.

Dr Ravi Raj Nandan was nabbed for sending a different candidate in the Diplomate of National Board examination. A case was registered against him and he was barred for six years from appearing in the DNB examination. Dr Nandan has even served a jail term for this offence.

Dr Sunil Singh Gautam of Rudrapur had put up an advertisement in which he was shown taking an award from the President of India. According to rules, no medical practitioner can put up his or her picture as advertisement.

On the recommendation of the committee the UMC has suspended the registration of Dr Sunil Singh Gautam for a year while the suspension of Dr Sanjay and Dr Nadan is for six months each.

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